What have you done to your Bronco today? (v.2)

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:51 pm

The holes in my truck are about the only thing keeping me from dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. Or maybe the only thing causing it.

Post by **rt9** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:57 pm

Yeah I used to have to slam my wife's door because she couldn't work up enough force. Lol.

I do have to laugh. The guy at WH was totally of gaurd this afternoon when I asked him which upper seal went on which side. I didn't want to glue them and have to take them off. He went and talked to a couple guys and after about 10 minutes came back with an answer. So, I said what your telling me is, the one marked R goes on the left and visa versa. He said he was really hoping I didn't notice that.. Poor kid. He was so embarrassed.

Post by **landshark** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:12 pm

ya i have the same problem. Iam going to attempt to rehang the doors at some point - I have to close them so hard iam afraid of breaking stuff.

Post by **Friday** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:26 pm

roller her over! Well not all the way. but man it was nerve-racking but the thing was super secure and did not move a bit. Got it prepped for some liner. Maybe next warm day off that I can manage.

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Maybe in a few months the cart and ends will be available for someone else to utilize.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:36 pm

Isn't having a bolt on windshield hinge the most convenient thing ever? I miss that about my '66.

Post by **Kinder** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:22 am

Whoa, that's cool, looks like a toy all boxed in.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:00 am

kinder wrote:A bronco that is air tight, not on my watch! BSD has so many holes that it drains MUD out!

LOL - I'm with ya on that!

Post by **cravenbronco** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:28 pm

Broke down and got him a new set of shoes. Exciting :-)

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:40 pm

cravenbronco wrote:Broke down and got him a new set of shoes. Exciting :-)

Something very familiar about your truck. Like I've seen one like it before but just cant remember where...... icon biggin

Post by **cravenbronco** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:58 pm

ZOSO wrote:
cravenbronco wrote:Broke down and got him a new set of shoes. Exciting :-)

Something very familiar about your truck. Like I've seen one like it before but just cant remember where......

What my diesel or my Bronco lol

Post by **ZOSO** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:44 am

cravenbronco wrote:
ZOSO wrote:
cravenbronco wrote:Broke down and got him a new set of shoes. Exciting :-)

Something very familiar about your truck. Like I've seen one like it before but just cant remember where......

What my diesel or my Bronco lol

Bronco.

Post by **cravenbronco** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 8:21 am

Bronco.

Huh I've owned it for the last 3 year's. It looked good but there were things done to it that were not right. I have gone through everything on it and still having glitches
I found it in castle rock.I have also seen one that looks like it but it had a 351 in it.

Post by **ZOSO** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:03 pm

cravenbronco wrote:
Huh I've owned it for the last 3 year's. It looked good but there were things done to it that were not right. I have gone through everything on it and still having glitches
I found it in castle rock.I have also seen one that looks like it but it had a 351 in it.

Yours looks just like mine. They could be twins

Post by **cravenbronco** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:36 pm

ZOSO wrote:
Yours looks just like mine. They could be twins

Haha they do and they could be :-)

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:23 pm

Well sorta.........

Last few months my fuel mileage has been dropping but I didn't think too much of it.

Last few weeks it started to run poorly feeling underpowered and had an intermittent miss.

Chaney even called it "doggy" when we drove each other's rigs recently.

I still hadn't replaced plug wires from MOAB (year before last?) so I replaced plug wires.

Found that # 7 and # 2 were melted / arcing through again. A couple others showed signs of arcing too.

Out of curiosity I took a look at the distributor cap and was amazed to see how corroded the terminals were for 15k miles of service. Replaced them.

Ol girl is running like a champ again.

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:58 pm

Rox Crusher wrote:Chaney even called it "doggy" when we drove each other's rigs recently.

Swappin', eh?

Didn't know it was that kind of club.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:00 pm

Have we devolved as a group this far that every thread and post is going to head in this direction?

Post by **D&D72** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:44 am

Post by **biohzrd** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:29 pm

moved rear bumper in closer to the body, replaced heater blower fan with one from a' 08 crown vic.

Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:34 am

Finished moving all relays and accessory wiring/fuses to to a new sealed relay/fuse box.
Finished the control panel install and started removing all the unnecessary wiring from the under the dash.
Finished re-routing and looming the body harness and adding weather pack connections to the fuel and rear of the harness, added additional wiring to the rear of the Bronco while i was at it.. just in case.

Next up - spool my new winch rope and get started on the rear bumper rebuild.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:58 pm

Replaced leaking valve cover gasket on passenger side

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:42 am

Power steering, alternator, and radiator in. Just need to figure out an upper radiator hose.

Post by **Eck** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:23 am

TOOLMAN wrote:Power steering, alternator, and radiator in. Just need to figure out an upper radiator hose.

The one I used on mine didn't fit?

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:12 am

Eck wrote:
The one I used on mine didn't fit?

Nope. Came close with a '98 Explorer hose, but it's too tall to fit between the hood/fan shroud. Got the lower done, though.

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:27 am

Installed half of a 1" body lift last night. All bolts came out surprisingly easy except the front two...may have to burn those out if cutting/drilling doesn't work. Coincidentally, the front two body mounts had no nuts on them! I guess they're so rusted, it didn't matter all these years!

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:05 am

TOOLMAN wrote:Installed half of a 1" body lift last night. All bolts came out surprisingly easy except the front two...may have to burn those out if cutting/drilling doesn't work. Coincidentally, the front two body mounts had no nuts on them! I guess they're so rusted, it didn't matter all these years!

They don't use nuts. The bolts thread into the bushing. Use a hole saw and cut the center of the bushing out from the bottom.

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:11 am

Viperwolf1 wrote:They don't use nuts. The bolts thread into the bushing. Use a hole saw and cut the center of the bushing out from the bottom.

Muy interesante. Thanks for the heads up on that. You learn something new everyday!

Post by **sykanr0ng** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:06 pm

TOOLMAN wrote:Installed half of a 1" body lift last night. All bolts came out surprisingly easy except the front two...may have to burn those out if cutting/drilling doesn't work. Coincidentally, the front two body mounts had no nuts on them! I guess they're so rusted, it didn't matter all these years!

Before you use a hot wrench try some Kroil, the best penetrating oil I've found.

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:16 am

sykanr0ng wrote:
TOOLMAN wrote:Installed half of a 1" body lift last night. All bolts came out surprisingly easy except the front two...may have to burn those out if cutting/drilling doesn't work. Coincidentally, the front two body mounts had no nuts on them! I guess they're so rusted, it didn't matter all these years!

Before you use a hot wrench try some Kroil, the best penetrating oil I've found.

Thanks for the advice...got them out last night with a drill/sawzall and body lift is finished. Now I'll have to re-bend the NP435 shifter. Won't quite go in reverse.

Post by **BOBS 2 68S** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:24 pm

New floor pans, New 4 point roll cage. It is a tight fit inside the 1/2 cab. Lost the speakers. New front coil springs. Feel like I'm loosing the battle with the rust. Had to use parts form the other bronco project.[album][/album]

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